By: Alonzo (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2945
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 102.0174(g), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(g) A fund created under this section may be used [only] to
finance the salary, benefits, training, travel expenses, office
supplies, and other necessary expenses relating to the position of
a juvenile case manager employed under Article 45.056. If there is
money in the fund after those costs are paid, on approval by the
employing court, a juvenile case manager may direct the remaining
money to be used to implement programs directly related to the
duties of the juvenile case manager, including juvenile alcohol and
substance abuse programs, educational and leadership programs, and
any other projects designed to prevent or reduce the number of
juvenile referrals to the court. The fund may not be used to
supplement the income of an employee whose primary role is not that
of a juvenile case manager.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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